Meaning of poppet | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An endearingly sweet or beautiful child.
   informal
2. A young woman or girl.
   informal
3. The stem and valve head in a poppet valve.
4. A doll (such as a voodoo doll) made in witchcraft to represent a person, used in casting spells on that person.
5. One of certain upright timbers on the bilge ways, used to support a vessel in launching.
6. An upright support or guide fastened at the bottom only.

Equivalents

Examples

“Come⟳ 'ere, poppet!”

“Y'll be fess enough, my poppet, when th'st know⟳!"”

“After passing through the poppet valve, the impulse air and water flows through a poppet discharge stop⟳ valve and then through a discharge pipe to the poppet drain tank or bilge”

CEFR level